Shoe-fastening.



E. M. TRUMAN.

SHOE FASTENING.

APPLICATION. ruzn uov. 24. 1915.

' Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

- THE NORRIS F'ETERS co. WASHINGTON, n c.

ETHEL M. TRUMAN, 0F VANCOUV R, WASHINGTON.

SHOE-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed November 24, 1915. Serial No. 63,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ETHEL M. TRUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vancouver, in the county of Clarke, State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Fastening; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved fastening for all kinds of shoes including a single lace, which is provided with a slide clasp to hold the lace when drawn tight in interengagement with the fasteners of the opposite portions of the upper of the shoe.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved slide clasp on the lace including a spring tensioned collar to hold a portion of the lace on an angle to prevent the clasp from moving.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe, showing'the improved fastener as applied thereto in connection with a single lace, which is provided with a slide clasp. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the slide clasp showing the same on a lace, Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the slide clasp.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 and2 designate the opposite side portions of the upper of a shoe, each of which side portions is provided with the fasteners 3, with which a shoe lace 14 engages, zigzagging from one fastener to another, andacross a gap or space 16 between the adjacent edges of the parts 1 and 2. The shoe lace 14 has a knot 15 at one end, to engage the lowermost fastener 8 of the part 1 of the upper, thereby preventing the lace from loosening or pulling through the several fasteners. A suitable slide clasp 17 is carried by the upper portion of the lace, and is designed to be adjusted upon the lace and in contact with the uppermost fastener of the part 2 of the upper, consequently holding the opposite side portions or parts 1 and 2 of the upper tight about the ankle of the wearer, that is, when the lace is drawn and.

' held tight by the clasp. The clasp 17 comprises a hollow spherical member 18, which is provided with diametrically opposite openings 19 and 20, through which the single lace 14 extends, and which lace also passes through the collar 21, which is carried by the stem 22, which in turn extends radially through the opening 23 in the Wall of the spherical member 18, and in a plane at right angles to the diametrically disposed openings 19 and 20. The lace 14 snugly fits within the collar 21, but in such a manner that when the collar is alined axially with the diametrically opposite openings 19 and 20, the lace may be easily adjusted through the openings 19 and 20 and through the collar. But when the collar 21 is disposed out of axial alinement with the openings 19 and 20, by virtue of the action of the spring 24 (which is interposed between the head 25 of the stem and the spherical member 18) thereby causing an angular bend in the lace 14 on the interior of the spherical member 18, the slide clasp 17 will be held in its adjusted position. The spring 24 acts against the head 25, in order to hold the collar 26 (which is integral with the stem) against the inner circumference or surface of the hollow spherical member, the collar 26 acting to limit the stem 22 in its outward radial movement. The side part 1 of the upper has stitched to it as shown at 28 a cover or flap 29, which, when the shoe is laced as shown in Fig. 1, is adapted to overlie the fastenings 3 and lace.

The part 2 of the upper and the flap 29 near its free edge, are provided with male and female parts 31 and 32, of suitable fasteners similar tothose used upon gloves, which male and female parts are designed to engage, to hold the flap over the lace 14.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is A. slide clasp for a lace, comprising a hollow spherical member having diametrically opposite openings through which the lace is adapted to pass, a movable pin or stem extending radially through the wall of the spherical member and being disposed in a plane at right angles to a line drawn through the diametrically opposite openings, a collar on the inner end of said stem through which the lace snugly passes, so that when the collar is axially alined with the diametrically opposite opening the lace may be adjusted, said stem having. a head upon In testimony whereof I have signed my lts outer end, a spring between said head and name to this specification in the presence of the outer surface of the spherical member two subscribing Witnesses.

so as to hold the collar out of axial aline ETHEL M. TRUMAN. ment with said openings, and a collar in- Witnesses:

tegral upon the stem to limit the stem in its W. S. T. DEER,

outward radial movement. G. M. DAVISON.

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